LordsFire
Internet Wizard
My my, I think we've identified the root of many of America's modern woes. It's strange in some ways as the Founding Fathers devised the US government to prevent abuse of power, yet a bad President still did as much damage as a bad King in the long run. And, pardon my saying, it seems the very safeguards against tyranny in the American system ultimately hamstring the reformers trying to amend the errors of bad Presidents.
You had the same problem you have everywhere; someone oversteps the legal power of their office, but nobody stops them from doing so, because all human institutions have a critical failing. They're staffed by humans.
The USA has been more resistant than most, but this is by no means immunity.